1. Art Appreciation
Review for
PRE- and POST- test
Based on Chapters 4 & 5
the elements & principles of design

2. Know the primary (red, yellow, blue)
and secondary (orange, green, violet) colors

3. Name the most dominant
element or principle of design

4. Contour line and outline

5. Actual line/line formed by edges

6. If it’s a picture… it is simulated texture

7. If this is a photo….
it is implied/simulated texture

8. If you are there
actually seeing the
sculpture and
could reach out to
touch it…
it is actual texture.

9. Mass and Actual texture

10. Symmetrical balance

11. Symmetrical balance

12. Asymmetrical balance

13. Asymmetrical balance

14. Radial balance

15. Radial balance

16. The repetition of the arched columns are
an example of Rhythm

17. The repetition of the arched columns are
an example of Rhythm

18. shape

19. Vitruvian Man is meant to be about ideal
proportion and scale

20. This image is a silly commentary on
proportion and scale

21. Because this sculpture is life-sized, the
dominant aspect is proportion and scale.

22. Simulated texture & dominant warm color scheme

23. Simulated texture & dominant warm color scheme

24. Posite and negative space

25. Positive and negative space

26. pattern

27. One-point perspective

28. One-point perspective

29. Two-point Perspective

30. 2-point perspective

31. foreshortening

32. foreshortening

33. Atmospheric perspective

34. Atmospheric perspective

35. Parallelograms are indicative of
Isometric perspective.

36. The placement of people and the parallelogram-
shaped buildings are clues that this is….
Isometric perspective

37. Time and motion

38. Blurring parts of the piece and contrasting it
with sharp focus on another part is the use of
emphasis/focal point & subordination

39. Blurring parts of the piece and contrasting it
with sharp focus on another part is the use of
emphasis/focal point & subordination

40. Goya uses the man in white, the pointing rifles and the
flowing blood to emphasize direction and movement.

41. Repetition of large and small squares, bright and dark color, and
negative and positive spaces is demonstrative of
alternating rhythm.

42. Repetition of large and small squares, bright and dark color, and
negative and positive spaces is demonstrative of
alternating rhythm.

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